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Davos was one of the places in the Alps where skiing first blossomed as a leisure activity (a process in which Brits, including Conan Doyle, were much involved). And arguably it was the very first to develop skiing as a business. The railway up the Parsenn was one of the first to be built for skiers (in 1931), and the first drag-lift was built on the Bolgen nursery slopes in 1934. But by then Davos was already well developed as a health resort; many of its present-day luxury hotels are converted sanatoriums. It is often said to be the highest town in Europe, and probably is. It is sometimes said to be Switzerland's biggest ski resort but isn't: in terms of beds at least, Crans-Montana is much bigger, and Verbier is slightly. Conferences are big business - from the annual World Economic Forum at one extreme, to the Zurich Master Plumbers' convention at the other. The health business lives on, in the shape of several specialist clinics. Few resorts in the world have a ski area more extensive, or that offers more for all grades of skier. But the skiing has its drawbacks: it is split into five or six unlinked sectors.

• Huge amount of skiing

• Some superb long and mostly easy runs away from the lifts

• Lots of off-piste skiing, with a wide choice of marked itineraries andsome well known short ski-tours

• Good cross-country trails

• Lots to do other than ski - excellent sports facilities, pretty walks, good range of shopping

• Free of hooligan skiers

• Some captivating mountain restaurants above Klosters

• Klosters is attractively village

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